Broccoli Soup

Everyone loves this recipe because it is delicious, easy to make and healthy! It’s a creamy soup with absolutely no cream added and uses an entire head of broccoli. The soup is finished with lemon juice to add zip and the Parmesan gives it an added layer of richness. It’s so easy to make and can be simply pureed in the blender or your hand held immersion blender.

Serves Makes 5 cups

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Broccoli Soup

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Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium onion, roughly chopped (about 1 cup)

1 tablespoon minced garlic (about 2 cloves)

1 medium potato, peeled, quartered, and thinly sliced

4 cups packed roughly chopped broccoli (about 1 pound, 454g)

4 cups low sodium chicken broth (or substitute vegetable broth)

Salt

Pepper

Lemon, sliced into wedges

Parmesan cheese

Instructions

In a large pot, add oil, onion, and garlic and cook over medium heat, stirring often until onions have softened, about 5 minutes.

Add potato, cook and stir for 2 minutes.

Add broccoli and stock. Cook, stirring occasionally until potatoes and broccoli are tender, about 15 minutes.

In a blender, puree soup in batches until smooth. (Remember - only fill blender half full each time to avoid it splashing out.)

Return soup to pot; season to taste with salt and pepper.

Serve, garnishing each bowl of soup with a tablespoon of Parmesan cheese and a sprinkling of lemon juice.